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UR trustee and active community member passes awayUniversity trustee Gilbert C. McCurdy passedaway Tuesday Feb. 16. He was 87 years old.McCurdy was a lifelong trustee of UR as well as a trustee of Roberts Wesleyan College.In addition to leading his family's department store, McCurdy and Co., McCurdy was essential to the development of Midtown Plaza.McCurdy […]
In Rochester
Local groups seeking funding for after-school activitiesAcross the Rochester area, funding for after-school programs has been drastically cut in recent months. The 'Community Coalition," a group formed to develop long-term solutions to this problem, is headed to Albany next week to petition for more funding for programs that will keep kids off the streets.The group […]
UR professors receive CAREER Award for innovative research
An esteemed award for young scientists, the CAREER Award, has been granted to two researchers, Professors Paul Ampadu and Justin Ramsey.The National Science Foundation (NSF), which selects the recipients based on how innovative the proposals are and how well the proposals combine research and education, awarded this honor to the two UR professors.Ampadu, who is […]
Mock Trial qualifies two teams for National Championship
At the Mock Trial Regional Championship at Syracuse University last weekend, UR's program qualified two teams for the National Championship, which will be held in mid-March at Miami University of Ohio.Of the 17 active members on the team, only seven are returning from last year. According to UR Mock Trial President and senior Andrew Cashmore, […]
Cultivating American identity on foreign soil ? views from Paris
In his 1998 book, 'In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong," Amin Maalouf defined identity as 'that which makes it so that I am not identical with any other person." Yet questions of 'national identity" and unifying culture have not only figured prominently in public debate since at least the 19th […]
African-American science contributors
During Black History Month, there is a lot of public and commercial attention to African-Americans who made significant social impact in American and even global history. Much deserved attention will be rightfully given to individuals like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X and the Rev. Jesse Jackson who rallied against institutionalized racism and segregation […]
The home brew: A cheaper way to drink
You just can't do it anymore. You're tapped out. Last week's party was just too much. All in all, your friends went through a crippling amount of beer and you're fresh out of cash for this weekend. The idea of a Saturday night pounding beer after beer dissipates quicker than your motor function after a […]
Sex and laughter: A more pleasurable experience
Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't endow Woody Allen with an extraordinary level of wisdom, but I think he made an unintentionally insightful comment when he kidded, 'Sex is the most fun you can have without laughing." When Allen cites a division between sex and humor, I don't think he's failing to comprehend the beauty of […]
Ex-porn addict takes on industry
I'll be honest, I had some fortunately unfounded expectations. I assumed the speaker would have a thick-tongued Southern drawl; I expected quaint Christianity, moral imploring and nodded heads. I expected graphic clips of porno moments gone wrong, clear heels upended, and videos featuring sleazy neon signs. I anticipated being shocked into short-lived soft-core shame.So, the […]
Teacher Feature: Burke Scarbrough
Burke Scarbrough teaches a WRT 105 course called 'Reforming American Public Schools." Scarbrough a Margaret E. Warner School of Education and Human Development Ph.D student in teaching and curriculum engages UR undergrads in an issue that no student has yet to denounce: the disparities and shortcomings of public schools in America.When he graduated from his […]